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$21.87 +0.27 (+1.25%)
(As of 12/24/2024 05:19 PM ET)

APA vs. CVE, EQT, EXE, DVN, CTRA, MRO, EC, WDS, PR, and OVV

Should you be buying APA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APA include Cenovus Energy (CVE), EQT (EQT), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Devon Energy (DVN), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ecopetrol (EC), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Permian Resources (PR), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.

APA vs.

Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cenovus Energy currently has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 103.94%. APA has a consensus target price of $31.14, indicating a potential upside of 42.40%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than APA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cenovus Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
APA
4 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

Cenovus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than APA. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cenovus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cenovus Energy$58.94B0.46$3.04B$1.4510.14
APA$9.19B0.88$2.86B$7.083.09

Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 3.19, indicating that its stock price is 219% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cenovus Energy received 537 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.32% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote while only 40.37% of users gave APA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cenovus EnergyOutperform Votes
646
60.32%
Underperform Votes
425
39.68%
APAOutperform Votes
109
40.37%
Underperform Votes
161
59.63%

APA has a net margin of 24.36% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 6.72%. APA's return on equity of 27.86% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cenovus Energy6.72% 12.88% 6.80%
APA 24.36%27.86%7.99%

Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Cenovus Energy pays out 36.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APA pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. APA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, APA had 9 more articles in the media than Cenovus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for APA and 2 mentions for Cenovus Energy. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat APA's score of 0.20 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cenovus Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
APA
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

APA beats Cenovus Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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APA vs. The Competition

MetricAPACrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.09B$7.91B$8.56B$9.28B
Dividend Yield4.75%23.62%11.67%4.28%
P/E Ratio3.0911.5412.5017.25
Price / Sales0.886.8952.55121.12
Price / Cash2.346.9410.9737.82
Price / Book1.821.753.904.94
Net Income$2.86B$1.20B$955.68M$225.76M
7 Day Performance6.79%2.84%3.10%3.92%
1 Month Performance-2.89%-6.44%-4.36%1.71%
1 Year Performance-41.35%-5.10%436.87%15.79%

APA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APA
APA
4.1533 of 5 stars
$21.87
+1.3%
$31.14
+42.4%
-39.2%$8.09B$9.19B3.092,271
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.0704 of 5 stars
$14.67
+1.7%
$30.00
+104.5%
-12.1%$26.78B$58.94B10.126,925
EQT
EQT
4.3886 of 5 stars
$43.61
+1.4%
$46.61
+6.9%
+14.3%$26.02B$4.79B51.92740Positive News
EXE
Chesapeake Energy
3.9237 of 5 stars
$95.76
+0.9%
$111.71
+16.7%
N/A$22.13B$4.03B59.11N/A
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7239 of 5 stars
$30.97
+0.6%
$50.05
+61.6%
-31.8%$20.34B$15.68B5.751,900Analyst Upgrade
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.7454 of 5 stars
$23.86
+0.8%
$32.53
+36.3%
-4.1%$17.58B$5.66B14.37894Positive News
MRO
Marathon Oil
1.3177 of 5 stars
$28.55
flat
$30.94
+8.4%
N/A$15.97B$6.70B12.251,681Analyst Forecast
EC
Ecopetrol
2.4641 of 5 stars
$7.46
-2.4%
$8.50
+13.9%
-36.8%$15.34B$133.44T3.2919,657
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
1.6094 of 5 stars
$15.09
+1.9%
N/A-27.9%$14.85B$12.58B13.844,667Positive News
PR
Permian Resources
4.8991 of 5 stars
$13.71
+0.8%
$18.87
+37.6%
+3.2%$11.01B$4.83B8.31461Positive News
OVV
Ovintiv
4.5799 of 5 stars
$38.18
+1.1%
$56.59
+48.2%
-11.5%$9.94B$10.13B5.061,743

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This page (NASDAQ:APA) was last updated on 12/26/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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